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Bill Gwynne

Bill Gwynne’s motorsport career began in 1953 when aged 13yrs he won the first motorcycle event he took part in and continued until July 2018 when he drove an ex-Carlos Sainz Escort Cosworth at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Rally Stage. He won...

Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson is a life-long motor sport enthusiast who, from his early ‘teens, was a regular visitor to the Goodwood motor racing circuit and then Silverstone and Brands Hatch. Involvement in the local Bognor and the Chichester Motor Clubs le...

What if?

What would the result be if a standard Group 1 Ford Escort Mexico was put up against a 150bhp RS1800 road rallying Escort on the classic rally roads in the south west of England?

RS Escorts had started appearing in the second half of t...

The Datsun 240Z

Datsun’s 240Z was probably Japan’s first credible sports car. Manufactured between 1970 and 1973 it was aimed very specifically at the US market place and, such was its success there, sales of British sports cars such as the MGB, previously ...

Withers of Winsford

Few people involved in rallying in the late sixties and early seventies will not have heard of J. C. Withers (Winsford) Ltd..

John C. Withers, better known as Cal Withers, sadly passed away in 2020. He had started his involvement in ral...

Navigators to co-drivers

It has been said that a good driver with an excellent navigator could win a road rally but it would be unlikely that an excellent driver with an average navigator could do so. Unquestionably the Motorsport News (MN) Championship was the top ...